You might remember the meaning of the character 殖 with this easy mnemonic:
Don't eat anything that grows out of this garden. At worst, it'll cause death (歹), and if not, you'll have ten (十) seconds before you lost an eye (目) or lose one (一) limb.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.